Seat-fastener for vehicles



(No Model.)

E. S. DAVIS.

SEAT FASTENER FOR VEHICLES. No. 330,876., Patented Nov. 24, 1885.

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NITED STATES annr EDWIN S. DAVIS, OF WINONA, MINNESOTA.

SEAT-FASTENER FOR VEHICLES.

'EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,876, datedNovember 24, 1885.

Application filed April 7, 1885. Serial No. 161,446. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN S. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,resident at Winona, in the county of Winona and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Seat-Fastenings forWagons; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letter or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of this invention, andshows a side view of one of the fasteners, the portion of the wagonbeing in section. Fig. 2 is a front view of the fastener. Fig. 8 is adetail view. Fig. 4 is a detail View.

This invention has relation to wagon-seat fasteners; and it consists inthe construction and novel arrangement of devices, all as hereinafterset forth, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the bottom of awagon-box, and B, the side wall thereof.

0 is a bearing plate, which extends up the side of the box and is boltedthereto, as at D. It is provided with a foot-flange, E, which .is boltedto the bottom A. The upper end of the plate 0 is formed with an offset,F, having the perforated bearing-studs G G in front and rear, andbetween the same a passage, H. This upper end or head, K, serves toreceive the oblique tongue of the seat-plate L.

S indicates the seat, having the riser N, to the front portion of whichis secured the plate L, the lower end of which is extended in obliqueform forward and downward, and is slightly curved forward at its lowerend, forming the tongue Z, which enters the head of the bearing-plate 0between the front and rear studs thereof. At the rear portion of theriser is secured the rear tongue-plate, V, which extends downwardvertically to engage the bracket-bearing J. Then the riser rests on thetop of the side of the box, the tongues Z and V project below the loweredge of said riser and on the inside of the box-wall to engage thebearings of said box-wall. In placing the seat, the oblique fronttongues are first entered in their bearings and then the rear portion ofthe seat is brought down, the rear tongues thus coming into engagementwith their bearings.

I am well aware that the devices used in the rear portion of the seatare old, and I do not, therefore, claim them, broadly.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a wagon-seat fastening, the combination of the bearing-plate 0,having the foot-flange E, and its upper end provided with the offset F,having the perforated bearing-studs G G in front and rear, with apassage, H, between them, and the seat having the plate L, provided withthe forward and downwardly curved tongue Z at its lower end, adapted toenterthe said bearing-plate between the front and rear studs thereof,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN S. DAVIS.

\Vitnesses:

E. S. MEAD, J. N. MAYBURY.

